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billet-doux (bē′yā do̵̅o̅′, bil′ā-)

noun pl. billets-doux bil′lets-doux′ (bē′yā do̵̅o̅′, bil′ā do̵̅o̅′; -do̵̅o̅z′)

a love letter

Etymology: Fr, lit., sweet letter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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